Got it. Thanks John.
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On Sep 21, 2011, at 10:43 PM, John Daggett <jdagg...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Tom Livingston wrote:
>
>> Can I spec my fallback font stack on the body, like:
>> body{font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}
>>
>> and then, on ONLY the elements that I wish to use a custom font, spec
>> JUST the custom font, like:
>> h1{font-family: 'HelveticaNeueW01-57Cn';}
>> and have the fallback work properly because of the body font-family
>> declaration?
>>
>> Or do I have to spec the whole stack on each element, like:
>> h1{font-family: 'HelveticaNeueW01-57Cn',Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;}
>
> In this case, you need the whole stack, font stacks don't inherit this
> way (i.e. if lookup fails for a <h1> element, use the font stack of
> the containing element).
>
> Depending upon what you want to do, you can handle some fallback like
> this using local() within the @font-face src descriptor:
>
> /* use a downloadable font if a local version doesn't exist */
> @font-face {
> font-family: Headline;
> src: local(HelveticaNeueW01-57Cn), url(fonts/HelveticaNeueW01.woff);
> }
>
> This doesn't include all the gluck needed to support IE versions
> before IE9, but you get the idea.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Daggett
> Mozilla Japan
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